Leadership Lessons | Vintage Lunch with CDR Simpson + Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Mentoring coach Natasha Sistrunk Robinson returns for a conversation with Navy Cdr. LaDonna M. Simpson, decorated Commanding Officer of the USS Carter Hall. Commander Simpson and Ms. Robinson are both graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy with much to share on faith and leadership. All are welcome. In person outdoors under the white tent at St. Paul’s on the Corner and livestreamed on Facebook on Friday, Nov 5.

Free lunch catered by Soul Food Joint will be served at 1:00. The program begins at 1:15pm ET.

Books Sojourner’s Truth and Mentor for Life by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson will be for sale by Sycamore Tree Bookstore.

Commander LaDonna Simpson is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and holds a Master of Engineering Management from Old Dominion University. 

CDR Simpson serves as Commanding Officer of USS CARTER HALL (LSD 50). Her operational tours have spanned the Fifth and Sixth Fleet Areas of Responsibility to include deployments in support of Operations IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING FREEDOM.  She served aboard USS CARTER HALL (LSD 50), USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71), USS BULKELEY (DDG 84), USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75), and recently served as Executive Officer onboard USS CARTER HALL (LSD 50).

Shore assignments included duty on the staff of the Director, Surface Warfare (N96) as the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Section Head, the staff of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education) (N133) as the Surface Nuclear Officer Program Manager and within the Navy Appropriations Matters Office for the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (FM&C) as a congressional liaison.

Decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (three awards), and the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (two awards).